Miles Clark

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  • ​​Was in Army in Rock Island
  • 1st met Dred Scott sometime in1834
  • knew Scott was a slave belonging to the assistant surgeon: Doctor
    Emerson
  • Scott was there the whole time
  • Emerson went to Fort Snelling
  • He knew Scott was held as a slave in Fort Snelling until July 7, 1837
    • Clark left then
  • did not witness beating
  • never saw bruises on the Scott family
  • never saw him being beaten or being wrongfully imprisoned
  • Clark was in the United States Army stationed at Rock Island and then in fort Snelling
  • 52 yrs. old
  • hired Mr. Scott and his wife in Ft. Armstrong, Rock Island, Illinois (a free state)​​